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I just got data flagged

I'm not in an lte market right now, I'm on hspa/umts only. No 3.5g. 3g only. I have used 2.7gb of UNLIMITED DATA and I got flagged. Wtf is that?
HTC = Hate The Consumer

they throttle the top 5% on unlimited plans. spoke to a rep yesterday. although your usage to me does not look like a 5%'er

My average usage is 2.5 to 3.8 according to the rep I spoke to. He is also curious why I got flagged. He said he will look into it and call me back.
HTC = Hate The Consumer

there are two threads here about this... one is titled throttled and the other is something along the same lines.. check them out for tips and gripes
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Sprint may not have very good coverage but I can use all the unlimited unthrottled data I want . Not trying to rub it in (cause I used yo have AT&T and got throttled and capped) just saying it was a good switch for me.
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The sad part is that even though sprint does not throttle their speeds Max at at about what we are throttled to lol. I left them in august and have not looked back.
Dboy352 said:
Sprint may not have very good coverage but I can use all the unlimited unthrottled data I want . Not trying to rub it in (cause I used yo have AT&T and got throttled and capped) just saying it was a good switch for me.
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00mred00 said:
The sad part is that even though sprint does not throttle their speeds Max at at about what we are throttled to lol. I left them in august and have not looked back.
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Really??? I get a good 1-1.5 mbps continuous on 3g on my phone and computer when I use the hotspot. I font have 4g in my area to test that though. But when sprint launches their 4g lte in 2013 I will have it hopefully still unlimited too.
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Yeah I was super dissapointed they did wimax and not lte.
Realize our 3g speeds are typically 1.5-5 , I have hit 12
When one gets throttled and can accomplish the apn trick...they are hitting 1.5-5 ...throttled
In my case here in Dallas i would get about 400kbps dload in most areas, which is why I left Sprint. Its different from area to area tho.
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Really??? I get a good 1-1.5 mbps continuous on 3g on my phone and computer when I use the hotspot. I font have 4g in my area to test that though. But when sprint launches their 4g lte in 2013 I will have it hopefully still unlimited too.
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And you can still use voice and data at the same time even when throttled!

Haha yeah ....sadly we can't use lte and calls tho
Yet.....
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And you can still use voice and data at the same time even when throttled!
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But we can use wimax and calls and will be able to use lte and calls too supposedly.
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Haha yeah ....sadly we can't use lte and calls tho
Yet.....
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Indeed. I asked about the whole call on lte thing and supposedly it will be fixed in an update
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Dboy352 said:
But we can use wimax and calls and will be able to use lte and calls too supposedly.
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Dboy352 said:
Sprint may not have very good coverage but I can use all the unlimited unthrottled data I want . Not trying to rub it in (cause I used yo have AT&T and got throttled and capped) just saying it was a good switch for me.
Yep had sprint for a few years and recently switched to At&t, the switch was night and day. I Showed my phone to a friend that still has sprint and he was amazed at how fast thing were loading especially YouTube videos and I wasn't even on At&t lte. I don't have an unlimited plan so I don't get throttled and average 1.3gbs per month so I'm good.
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Cyber guy i just went through the same thing with a friend haha
He now has a brand new epic touch for sale ..he bought the entire family new att phones.
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ATT offered to replace my Infuse

Long story short: I am on my third Infuse with constant dropped calls. ATT has now offered to replace my phone.
Any thoughts on what to get. I think my options are:
Atrix 2
LG Nitro
Captivate slide (really miss the physical keyboard)
Skyrocket
S2
The Nitro and Skyrocket seem to have some pretty stellar reviews.
I think the Atrix still has a locked bootloader.
The Slide has the keyboard I have been missing since I got the Infuse.
And the S2 has a smaller screen
Any thoughts on any of these phones?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Definately Skyrocket

Captive slide feels cheaply made its very light even with the battery in
E3D

Sg2
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I like the atrix 2. But that's just me.
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S2.
Atrix is a Motorola - enough said
****rocket has all sorts of weird bugs - awful battery life, apparently data rarely works. AT&T's user support forums are full of people with issues.
Glide is oddball hardware - Tegra2 is a pretty poor processor, Heimdall won't talk to it, don't expect much developer love for this device

Glad you said that entropy...cause I decided to go with sgs 2... ordered it today
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Nice, I need this to happen to me! I want a Nitro I think. I want that HD screen!

dman3285 said:
Glad you said that entropy...cause I decided to go with sgs 2... ordered it today
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Aww, I though you were getting a skyrocket.
Oh well, not that much loss.
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Entropy512 said:
S2.
Atrix is a Motorola - enough said
****rocket has all sorts of weird bugs - awful battery life, apparently data rarely works. AT&T's user support forums are full of people with issues.
Glide is oddball hardware - Tegra2 is a pretty poor processor, Heimdall won't talk to it, don't expect much developer love for this device
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Lol, data rarely works? Quit making **** up.
Awful battery life? Battery life was amazing on stock, running at 1.9GHz, and LTE radio... yeah, not the best.
I don't see any other bugs.
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Yea...just a whole lot of love on the sgs2 right now..
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Longcat14 said:
Lol, data rarely works? Quit making **** up.
Awful battery life? Battery life was amazing on stock, running at 1.9GHz, and LTE radio... yeah, not the best.
I don't see any other bugs.
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From what I've read, all Samsung devices using the Qualcomm chip instead of the Exynos have screen tuning issues. Either way, I would take an Infuse first and the SGS2 second.

wow, no one is giving any love to the nitro. the more reviews I read, the more I am liking it. anyone care to elaborate on the reasons for the s2 or rocket instead of the nitro? reviewing the specs, the nitro seems just as tricked out as the others and even better speced on several fronts. not trying to start a war, just trying to figure out how to best take advantage of att's "generosity".

Longcat14 said:
Lol, data rarely works? Quit making **** up.
Awful battery life? Battery life was amazing on stock, running at 1.9GHz, and LTE radio... yeah, not the best.
I don't see any other bugs.
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hey cat, did you look at the nitro or did you just go with the rocket? why the rocket over the other two?

LG....Samsung...hmmm...not a hard choice for me....Samsung til i die bro...
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I'm a little gun shy after three infuses that cannot maintain a phone call while I drive. i just have no experience with LG phones.

Longcat14 said:
Lol, data rarely works? Quit making **** up.
Awful battery life? Battery life was amazing on stock, running at 1.9GHz, and LTE radio... yeah, not the best.
I don't see any other bugs.
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Yeah. Im completely stock and i have no issues. Data works perfect. Batt is good. For a phone this big and everything it has the batt life is awesome. People just love makin **** up
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Never one singke issue from mu infuse...and mines been thru hell i can assure you....ive owned all makes of smartphones and samsung is the most reliable...and easiest to work on and customize....
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ptgptg said:
I'm a little gun shy after three infuses that cannot maintain a phone call while I drive. i just have no experience with LG phones.
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You're using it wrong!
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ptgptg said:
I'm a little gun shy after three infuses that cannot maintain a phone call while I drive. i just have no experience with LG phones.
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I'm wondering if there's something wrong with the network where you are - does it always drop in the same place?
No one else has had the problems you have had, and for it to happen with three devices says "network" to me.
I never had a problem with dropped anything while driving - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0011GI94Q means it's extremely rare to ever have less than 3-4 bars anywhere when behind the wheel.
(I live in the boonies - I often go through areas where no phone ever has coverage, but with the Wilson I'll still usually have 3-4 bars in those places. It has more than exceeded my expectations.)

Super slow internet speed

I have tmobile and my internet is really slow. Is there any way to make it faster
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Crostex said:
I have tmobile and my internet is really slow. Is there any way to make it faster
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i assume since you posted in the inspire forum you have an inspire? well the most that can get on tmobile is edge connection

Will I get a better internet speed on straight talk?
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Crostex said:
Will I get a better internet speed on straight talk?
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im not sure, i havent used them. might not hurt to do a bit of googling or contact them directly for info on their bands they use.

You would be better off getting ATT go phone sin. I'm getting good speeds hspa+. ATT will tell u it won't work. U will just need to change sim. I just went through the tmobile edge deal. That sucked. Slow well now on gophone
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llawes said:
You would be better off getting ATT go phone sin. I'm getting good speeds hspa+. ATT will tell u it won't work. U will just need to change sim. I just went through the tmobile edge deal. That sucked. Slow well now on gophone
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I also have the inspire 4g and the Internet is quite slow though I have simple mobile. So does that means that the phone only has fast speed on ATT?

nelson233 said:
I also have the inspire 4g and the Internet is quite slow though I have simple mobile. So does that means that the phone only has fast speed on ATT?
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No, simple mobile runs off of tmobiles network so your stuck on edge. Straight talk uses att so you'll actually get 3g with them
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Crostex said:
I have tmobile and my internet is really slow. Is there any way to make it faster
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I use straight talk, and the internet is quite fast. HSDPA, my phone even recognizes and picks up the phones supposed 4G service at times depending on my location at time and question.. Certain APN settings can ALSO however, affect the speed, a few MB/s at most. When I have edge, my speed averages, .50 to 1.70 MB/s. Could even be your current baseband kernel.(Flashed Radio).

Simple Mobile on One S S4

I bought my one s on frida y. And i want to use it sinple mobile 4g (50$) and i wanted to know if some one with the same plan could tell me how the speeds are.
Thanks
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im on the 50 plan...
that doesnt include 4g... its up to 3g speeds.. but im locked at 230kbps.... in tampa fl... 40 for talk and text and internet, 10 dollars for internation text...
if you want faster speeds, u want the 60 plan...

In minnesota there is no 60$ plan they lowered it to 50..
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arnold1997 said:
In minnesota there is no 60$ plan they lowered it to 50..
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if thats the case... i heard 4g is from 3000kbps to about 10000kbps... its supposed to be pretty fast... i would say probably better than sprints.. haha..
my sister 4g and 3g speeds sucks.. that why i left sprint... was not good for me...

mdiaz33685 said:
if thats the case... i heard 4g is from 3000kbps to about 10000kbps... its supposed to be pretty fast... i would say probably better than sprints.. haha..
my sister 4g and 3g speeds sucks.. that why i left sprint... was not good for me...
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Oh ok haha well thanks for the info though
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I live here in Dallas Texas and my speeds have always been comparable to T-Mobiles service. I get 7-9 Mbps usually. I love it
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arnold1997 said:
I bought my one s on frida y. And i want to use it sinple mobile 4g (50$) and i wanted to know if some one with the same plan could tell me how the speeds are.
Thanks
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I'm on simple mobile 50 dollar plan! As u may know ,simple mobile runs on T-Mobile network, so you would get the same speed and reception as T-Mobile. I'm in new York and an getting up to 15mbps on simple mobile...YEAH that's right..

wilkings24 said:
I'm on simple mobile 50 dollar plan! As u may know ,simple mobile runs on T-Mobile network, so you would get the same speed and reception as T-Mobile. I'm in new York and an getting up to 15mbps on simple mobile...YEAH that's right..
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I would go to simple mobile but im scared of the throttle and account shut downs
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arnold1997 said:
I would go to simple mobile but im scared of the throttle and account shut downs
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After 2 gigs it they do throttle unfortunately... but I've never heard of the account shut downs. If you use Wi-Fi ad much as I do send make sure you check the 848484 info via text messages you should be fine. This is coming from a heavy data user. Minor adjustments made and its well worth it
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In Atlanta my average speeds are 13mb/s from Tmobile and 8mb/s from Simple Mobile.

Verizon killed off download booster.

I hope someone will be able to port it to our s5's soon after it comes out. Was a main feature I was looking forward to.
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/04/1...-kill-off-galaxy-s5-download-booster-feature/
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Yea, this was disappointing. Like my M8 without the power saving modes.. All this US carrier bull. At least with the M8 we have S-off already and have added the features back.. While it'd be awesome, I just don't see the exploits for the S5 coming as fast... But I didn't expect it to happen to the M8 that fast either.
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Crooke356 said:
Yea, this was disappointing. Like my M8 without the power saving modes.. All this US carrier bull. At least with the M8 we have S-off already and have added the features back.. While it'd be awesome, I just don't see the exploits for the S5 coming as fast... But I didn't expect it to happen to the M8 that fast either.
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You like the m8 so far?
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eh, just like with blocking mode on previous S devices, once we have root, we'll get it back. no biggie.

bobo2xtreme said:
You like the m8 so far?
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I'll step in. The m8 is the best phone I have ever owned. Period. . But I am buying the s5 tomorrow too. We will see
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bobo2xtreme said:
You like the m8 so far?
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What mrbracht said. I even love Sense 6 and I'm a huge AOSP guy. Completely surprised. But in a few hours, that other flagship will be here.
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Wouldn't Verizon stand to potentially make more money with the download booster? If people are using data more when downloading they would be more apt go over their data limit?

Kaz the Minotaur said:
Wouldn't Verizon stand to potentially make more money with the download booster? If people are using data more when downloading they would be more apt go over their data limit?
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You're assuming that people who download faster are gonna download more stuff....not necessarily true....
And if it's not true, then all download booster is doing is taking up extra unnecessary bandwidth

Having the ability to go faster is all I wanted. I hate waiting for a download to finish just on my wifi because it is faster and like roms are usually more than 300 mb per update. If people didn't download more stuff it would still probably make some people upgrade another 2gb so they don't go over and take advantage of the download booster. That is what I would do. Another 10 a month for more data and take advantage of the faster speeds.
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I hope it will have the DL booster when it released.kinda boring for slow net users

Lodaserves said:
I hope it will have the DL booster when it released.kinda boring for slow net users
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It doesn't have it, and it's not likely that it ever officially will.

I really don't care, I do have unlimited data and download speeds are fast enough, plus I have an AC router at home, I hit 120mbs on my S4 on wifi and expect the same on my S5.

fillyo said:
I really don't care, I do have unlimited data and download speeds are fast enough, plus I have an AC router at home, I hit 120mbs on my S4 on wifi and expect the same on my S5.
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I am not care about that. I think it's download speed will more fast

Yeah i think also download speed will be more faster. hmm

Download Booster
There's another forum for the S5 that gives you a way using an alternate launcher to access download booster. The one thing stopping it once turned on is the ability to turn on the specific mobile network mode.
Nova launcher allows you to add shortcut then go to settings and find download booster. It's one of the selling points for the phone that I enjoy. I'm from a rural area so when I go home to visit I want to combine the connections when needed.